CES 2012 Sprint Lightsquared LTE and First LTE Sprint Phone

[justinsaneeeee]

Now this is a my predicament of what will be shown off at CES this Jan...I think Sprint will show off their new LTE network with Lightsquare and MAYBE show off a phone for that network. NOW the phone that could be shown off will be ethier a Samsung or HTC. I am hopping that phone has a Quad Core processor and LTE....what do you guys think...do you think I could be correct? lets hope.

 

[jerky1711]

Hoping so

 

[bobby james]

I hope it's a Motorola. Sprint doesn't get any good Moto phones.

 

[twiktor]

Isn't Lightsquared facing potential bankruptcy? Also afaik they still dont really have any useable frequency bands yet because of the GPS interference until the FCC says go.

That said, Sprint Already has their own LTE build going and Lightsquared isnt a key part yet. Then again I could be wrong.

I'm working the build of CES starting now rigging booth signs and high work but it won't be till next week that anything product wise can be seen. Now it's just the heavy hitters with huge builds and show infrastructure going up before all the smaller stuff starts coming in. Products themselves are kept locked away till the last possible minute.

 

[brillrick]

Now this is a my predicament of what will be shown off at CES this Jan...I think Sprint will show off their new LTE network with Lightsquare and MAYBE show off a phone for that network. NOW the phone that could be shown off will be ethier a Samsung or HTC. I am hopping that phone has a Quad Core processor and LTE....what do you guys think...do you think I could be correct? lets hope.

Sprint has already said their LTE network will not be up until summer 2012 and LTE phones will not be available until the later half of 2012.

I do not want to see a phone in January that is not coming out until at least June.

Sprint did that with the Palm pre before.

 

[tonyparisi]

I agree, a phone or two from Samsung (nexus+/nexus prime) and something by the name of viper. Viper may be a phone, maybe a hotspot. I also don't believe it will be summer/fall, that has to be a bluff they have been doing to much work on the towers not to have been installing LTE for the last few months before the announcement to switch.

 

[anon(40376)]

Lightsquared is currently fighting the congress, the Pentagon, the airline industry, John Deere and other farm equipment suppliers, Garmin, Magellan and a few other large corporations. In addition AT&T and Verizon are both fighting the system since they would sell the signals to other companies
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The latest testing by the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Systems Engineering found that 69 out of 92 devices experienced problems within less than a half mile from a Lightsquared test facility.

Leaving AT&T and Verizon out of the equation due to they don’t like competition, it is not good, especially if you are flying a plane with GPS signals, not fun if you are in a car/truck and a pain in the arse if you are a farmer. And not to forget Android phones’ GPS devices. (I understand within a half mile sounds pretty limited, but consider how many antennas will be across the country, and how the problems will multiply, if they get approval.

I’m in SAR and GPS signals as accurate as possible, can save a life, and there are a lot of small emergency GPS devices being released just to save lives; not counting services such as Onstar. So, I am prejudiced on this matter. And I’m lazy; prefer the chopper to go right to the person vs. having to fly around for an hour trying to locate the source of an emergency signal.

In addition it is stated that their financials show if no huge money infusion by the2nd quarter 2012, they will be gone. This could greatly hurt Sprint. Lightsquared has a deal with Sprint in that they will pay Sprint 9 billion in cash and credits over a 11 year period to build a 4G LTE network using Lightsquared. And Sprint, which has been losing money faster than a politician loses their morals (e.g. 850 million lost for 2nd quarter 2011) needs Lightsquared (does Sprint have money to create their own LTE nationwide network?). In addition, even if they get approval, it would take years to build this network for Sprint and other suppliers.

Only thing they really have going for them is the fact the owner, Philip Falcone, is buddies with Mr. B. Obama.

If they can get a system up and running that does NOT interfere with GPS signals then it would be good for the cell phone industry and provide some more needed competition to AT&T and Verizon...but there can be NO interference with GPS signals. (Just my opinion.)

 

[Gmorse44]

You have done a great job summarizing the issues for Lightsquared. As a former AF & private pilot, I find myself conflicted, but clearly it's not a go.

 

[humpagardengnome]

If that reported teaser ad on Droid-Life is true, looks like a 1.5ghz Galaxy Nexus is on the horizon. Possibly CES or MWC? Looks like their patience will reward them soon.

 

[tonyparisi]

I agree, a phone or two from Samsung (nexus+/nexus prime) and something by the name of viper. Viper may be a phone, maybe a hotspot. I also don't believe it will be summer/fall, that has to be a bluff they have been doing to much work on the towers not to have been installing LTE for the last few months before the announcement to switch.

 

[lafester]

if the fcc is not going to let lightsquared use the spectrum it owns then they should trade them for spectrum that will not disrupt gps and emergency bands. either way this does not impact sprints plans for network vision.

 

[clayham28]

OOo Nice!

 

[nubkill6]

lg viper is on gingerbread. but it still has LTE, i want it -_-